Volume groups set to use VMware's pvscsi drivers not activating on boot.
Issue
- When updating the kernel VMware's
pvscsidriver module isn't included in the new kernel's initrd image. This causes the storage devices that are set to usepvscsidon't come online quick enough on boot, in turn causing the server not to boot.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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